List of shipwrecks in April 1845

The list of shipwrecks in April 1845 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1845.

1 April

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|ship=Hibernia

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Long Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick.

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|ship=Triumph

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was holed by ice in the Zuyder Zee and was beached at Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage rom Amsterdam, North Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=london |date=4 April 1845 |issue=23158 |page=8 }}

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2 April

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|ship=Alley and Nancy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Harrington, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harrington to Douglas, Isle of Man.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 April 1845 |page=8 |issue=18891 |column=F }}

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|ship=Arab

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Llanelly to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Cerere

|flag=File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near the entrance to Great Egg Harbor Bay. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to New York, United States.

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|ship=Corsair

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.

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|ship=Josephine

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Weser.

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|ship=Lucy

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Moher", County Clare with the loss of all six of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=4 April 1845 |issue=1769 }} She was on a voyage from Limerick to Preston, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 April 1845 |issue=23537 }}

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3 April

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|ship=Cereri

|flag=File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Great Egg Harbour Inlet, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to New York, United States.

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4 April

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|ship=Heart of Oak

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the Crow Rock, in the Irish Sea. She was taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to the Bristol Channel.

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|ship=James White

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the cost of County Down. She was o a voyage from the Clyde to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated.

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|ship=Traveller

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Peruvian ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Traveller was on a voyage from Barbados to Africa.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=1 July 1845 |issue=22332 |page=7 }}

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5 April

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|ship=Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and towed in to Plymouth.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 April 1845 |page=8 |issue=18892 |column=E }}

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|ship=Mermaid

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 April 1845 |issue=6456 }}

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6 April

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|ship=Endymion

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland or vice versa. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=London |date=14 April 1845 |issue=19458 }}

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7 April

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|ship=Catherine

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated on 9 April and taken in to Helsingør.

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|ship=Dantzic

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The barque was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Danzig. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=6 May 1845 |issue=23185 }}

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|ship=New Zealand

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship caught fire in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She put in to Londonderry.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Hull Packet and East Riding Times |location=Hull |date=11 April 1845 |issue=3147 }}

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|ship=Peru

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The brig was holed by ice and sank in the Drogden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Memel. She was refloated on 19 June and taken in to Kastrup, Denmark.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 April 1845 |page=6 |issue=18899 |column=C }}

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|ship=Swallow

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=File:Swallow (steamboat) burning.jpgThe steamboat was wrecked on the Brig Rock, in the Hudson River at Albany, New York with the loss of about 60 lives. There were 199 survivors, some of whom were rescued by the steamboats Express and Rochester (both {{flag|United States|1837}}). Swallow was on a voyage from Troy, New York to New York City.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dreadful Steam-boat Disaster |date=3 May 1845 |page=5 |issue=18914 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=https://yesteryearsnews.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/the-wreck-of-the-steamboat-swallow/ |title=The Wreck of the Steamboat "Swallow" |publisher=Yesteryears News |access-date=6 May 2018}}

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|ship=Tay

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was refloated on 9 April and taken in to Dysart, Fife for repairs.

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8 April

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|ship=Britannia

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} British North America

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 May 1845 |issue=23567 }} She was subsequently refloated and taken in to Nantucket for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 May 1845 |issue=23568 }}

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|ship=Cottager

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked in Saldanha Bay with the loss of two of her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=16 June 1845 |page=8 |issue=18951 |column=E }}

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|ship=Heart of Oak

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 24 April and taken in to Hull.

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|ship=Zenobia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was in collision with the brig Alonzo ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Admiralty Court, Saturday, Dec. 13. |date=15 December 1845 |page=6 |issue=19107 |column=C }}

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9 April

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|ship=Josephine

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by an English barque. Her crew were rescued by Lord Seaton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Josephine was on a voyage from Christiansand to Barcelona, Spain.

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|ship=Lord of the Isles

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Cape Fear, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Zenobia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with Alonzo ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Alonzo.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 April 1845 |issue=6459 }}

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10 April

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|ship=Annabella

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean, Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Johns, Newfoundland, British North America.

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|ship=Eliezer

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on The Skerries, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She floated off and came ashore at Cemaes, Anglesey, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=18 April 1845 |issue=1771 }}

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|ship=England{{'}}s Queen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City, British North America. She was refloated on 23 April and taken in to South Shields.

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|ship=Favourite

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 23 April and taken in to Hartlepool.

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|ship=Johanna

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near the Rammekens Castle, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 24 April and taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=13 May 1845 |page=8 |issue=18922 |column=E }}

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|ship=Napier

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the pier and sank at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bridlington, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Pandora

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned by her crew and subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.

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|ship=Sarah & Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner departed from South Shields, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all three crew.{{cite web |url=http://walberswick.onesuffolk.net/assets/WLHG/ShipsShipwrecks1782-1845.pdf |title=Shipwrecks off Walberswick 1782 - 1845 |first=Alan Farquar |last=Bottomley |publisher=Suffolk Records Society |access-date=24 December 2014}}

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11 April

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|ship=Clio

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Hunting Island, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Savannah, Georgia, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=10 May 1845 |page=8 |issue=18920 |column=E }}

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|ship=Johannes

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Vigo, Spain to Riga. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=14 April 1845 |page=8 |issue=18897 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=Nicolos

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The kuff ran aground on the Hubert Bank, off the coast of Groningen, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greetzyl to London, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Woodville

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was refloated on 16 April.

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12 April

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|ship=Clarence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank off "Sarby", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Holbeck" to an English port.

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13 April

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|ship=Maria Theresa

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with Lord Seaton in the River Mersey and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Senegal.

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14 April

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|ship=Clio

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Hunting Island, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Savannah, Georgia, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=16 May 1845 |issue=1775 }}

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|ship=Mary Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Perth to London.

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|ship=Mary Read

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and was beached at South Shields. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on avoyage from Aberdeen to South Shields.

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|ship=Queen Victoria

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 17 April.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=21 April 1845 |page=8 |issue=18903 |column=E }}

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15 April

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|ship=Ebenezer

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Herne Bay, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was later repaired and returned to service.

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|ship=Euphemia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in Flat Ledge Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from "Dragomestre" to Exmouth, Devon. She was refloated.

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|ship=Euterpe

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the West Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Liverpool, Lancashire. Euterpe was refloated on 17 April and beached at Seacombe, Cheshire.

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|ship=Mary and Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Weymouth, Dorset.

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|ship=Nautilus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore east of Leith, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 April 1845 |issue=6464 }}

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|ship=New Leeds

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 24 April and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft - April 24. |newspaper=The Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=26 April 1845 |issue=5532 }}

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16 April

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|ship=Ariel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was in collision with Quebec ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Devon with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=22 June 1845 |issue=135 }}

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|ship=Francis

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was in collision with another sloop in the North Sea. She was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her cargo of quicklime got wet and set the vessel on fire, severely damaging her.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=21 April 1845 |issue=19460 }}

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|ship=Gipsey

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Norfolk to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was refloated on 23 April and taken in to Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 April 1845 |issue=6472 }}

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|ship=Mary Honnsell

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Neuwerk. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Hamburg. She was refloated.

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|ship=Spreacombe

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Whiteshell Point, Glamorgan. Her five crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |access-date=17 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}

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17 April

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|ship={{HSwMS|Aigle}}

|flag=22px Swedish Navy

|desc=The schooner of war was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was refloated.

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|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to a Baltic port.

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|ship=Fenerator

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Margate Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Port Republicain, Haiti. She was refloated and put in to Sheerness, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 April 1845 |issue=6466 }}

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|ship=Isabella

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London. She was refloated and beached at Warden Point, Kent. Isabella was refloated on 18 April and towed in to Gravesend, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=21 April 1845 |issue=23551 }}

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|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to a Baltic port.

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|ship=John

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Mainland, Orkney Islands.

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18 April

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|ship=Blonde

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Rathlin Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and taken in to Greenock with assistance from the paddle tug {{PS|Defiance|1841|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Blucher

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Eisgenloch". She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=25 April 1845 |issue=1772 }}

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|ship=Elizabeth and Rebecca

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Van Diemen's Land

|desc=The whaler was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Gardiner, near Adelaide, South Australia with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=31 October 1845 |issue=23717 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=3 November 1845 |issue=19516 }}{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZSCSG18450719.2.5.1 |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian |location=Wellington |date=19 July 1845 |issue=41 |volume=1 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Frau Maria

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Spiekeroog and Wangeroog. She was on a voyage from Carolinensiel to Antwerp, Belgium. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Industry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck the Burrows Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to London.

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|ship=Otto

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Havre ({{flag|France}}).

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19 April

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|ship=Freundin Elise

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Rood Sonnen Plaat, off the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Danzig. She was refloated on 24 April.

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|ship=Palmyra

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Hooghly River. She was refloated and put back to Calcutta, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=6 June 1845 |page=8 |issue=18943 |column=F }}

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|ship=Scotia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Hittarp, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=London |date=2 May 1845 |issue=4409 }}

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20 April

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|ship=Henry

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=24 April 1845 |issue=23554 }}

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|ship=Milo

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the East Pole Sandbank, off the coast of Sussex.

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22 April

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|ship=Albertine

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was run aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Apollo

|flag={{flagcountry|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated and anchored in The Downs.

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|ship=Charlotte

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=24 April 1845 |page=8 |issue=18906 |column=F }}

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|ship={{HMS|Erebus|1826|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=Franklin's lost expedition: The {{sclass|Hecla|bomb vessel}} became icebound in Baffin Bay and was abandoned. Ultimately, none of her crew survived.

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|ship=Napoleon

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.

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23 April

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|ship=Jessie

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and capsized in the River Nene at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

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|ship=Queen Adelaide

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank in the River Nene.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=26 April 1845 |page=8 |issue=18908 |column=D }}

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24 April

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|ship=Marquis of Camden

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Sheerness, Kent.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=28 April 1845 |page=7 |issue=18909 |column=E }}

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|ship=Mary

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Hull, Yorkshire.

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25 April

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|ship=Anglicania

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on Lark's Reef, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Favourite

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Orlock Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Tobermory, Isle of Mull to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=1 May 1845 |issue=23560 }} She was refloated on 28 April and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Morning Post |location=London |date=2 May 1845 |issue=23182 |page=7 }}

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|ship=John and Isabella

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Martha

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with Clutha ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was consequently beached on one of the offshore sandbanks. Martha was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to London.{{Cite news |title=Admiralty Court - Feb. 14. |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=2 March 1846 |issue=19550 }} She was refloated on 29 April and taken in to Wivenhoe, Essex.

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|ship={{HMS|Skylark|1826|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Cherokee|brig-sloop}} was driven ashore and wrecked at St Alban's Head, Dorset. Her crew survived.

}}

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|ship=Theodor

|flag={{flag|Kingdom of Hanover|civil}}

|desc=The galiot was discovered derelict in the English Channel. She was beached near New Romney, Kent, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 April 1845 |issue=23555 }}

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26 April

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|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Sarah

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Malta to London. She was refloated and sailed for the River Thames.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 April 1845 |issue=6475 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Shannon

|flag={{flag|United States|1837}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was refloated.

}}

27 April

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|ship=Cleopatra

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ventry, County Kerry. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 April 1845 |issue=6476 }}

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|ship=Indus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and put in to the River Tees.

}}

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|ship=New Holland

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with Southampton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was consequently run ashore at Margate, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 April 1845 |issue=6474 }} She was refloated on 28 April and taken in to Margate.

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|ship=Shepherd

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar. She was refloated and put in to the River Tees.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=29 April 1845 |issue=23558 }}

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|ship=Swallow

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered off Portland, Dorset.

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28 April

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|ship=Catherine Ann

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated.

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|ship=Sarah

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Malta to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=30 April 1845 |page=8 |issue=18911 |column=E }}

}}

29 April

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|ship=Eliza

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck a sunken anchor and sank at Blyth, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=The Newcastle Courant etc |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=2 May 1845 |issue=8891 }}

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|ship=Jane

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck a sunken anchor and sank at Blyth.

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|ship=Lady Raffles

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Caernarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey on 26 May.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 May 1845 |issue=6499 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Norrbotten

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Salcombe, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard.

}}

30 April

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|ship=Bloom

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off Dimlington, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 May 1845 |issue=4414 }}

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|ship=General Chassé

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Taapaskeojic Rocks. She was on a voyage from "Patytan" to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and towed in to Batavia by {{HNLMS|Merapi|1842|6}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=23 September 1845 |page=8 |issue=19035 |column=D-E }}

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|ship=Hannah

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the African coast.{{Cite news |title=Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=29 June 1845 |issue=136 }}{{Cite news |title=Weekly Summary of Maritime Casualties |newspaper=Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper |location=London |date=6 July 1845 |issue=137 }}

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|ship=Providence

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Clay Head, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 May 1845 |issue=6485 }}

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|ship=St. Hans

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked off the Riding Rock, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Unknown date

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|ship=Elizabeth Rebecca

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|}} Van Diemen's Land

|desc=The whaler, a brig, was wrecked at Trial Harbour.{{Cite web |url=http://keyportarthur.org.au/extras/1060/Major%20vessels%20built%20at%20the%20Tasmanian%20Government%20Dockyards.pdf |title=Major Vessels Built at the Tasmanian Government Dockyards. |publisher=Keyportarthur |access-date=3 December 2017 }}

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|ship=Eugenie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Málaga, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=30 April 1845 |issue=23559 }}

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|ship=Gabrielle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the River Plate before 6 April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=1 July 1845 |issue=23612 }}

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|ship=Isabella

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque sprang a leak and capsized in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 April. Her crew seventeen were rescued by the brig Trasmerano ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). Isabella was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America.

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|ship=Nautilus

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 23 April and taken in to Cley-next-the Sea, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=26 April 1845 |issue=23556 }}

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|ship=Psyche

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Mud Point, India between 1 and 19 April. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated and put back to Calcutta in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 June 1845 |page=8 |issue=18939 |column=E }}

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|ship=Susanna Ann

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} New Zealand

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Chatham Islands after 4 April. She was on a voyage from New Zealand to the Chatham Islands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=3 October 1845 |page=8 |issue=19045 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 October 1845 |issue=6608 |page=7 }}

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|ship={{HMS|Terror|1813|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=Franklin's lost expedition: The {{sclass|Vesuvius|bomb vessel}} became icebound in Baffin Bay and was abandoned. Ultimately, none of her crew survived.

}}

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|ship=Tonintra

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Équihen-Plage, Pas-de-Calais, France before 3 April. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg.

}}

References

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